Scott Turner was confirmed Wednesday, February 5, as the new housing secretary, taking on a key role in President Donald Trump’s domestic policy agenda at a time when many Americans cite the cost of living as a major concern.
Turner, a former NFL player, Texas state representative, and senior White House aide, secured confirmation in a 55-44 Senate vote. Only two Democrats, Sens. Peter Welch of Vermont and John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, supported his nomination.
A federal judge on Thursday reversed the firing of Gwynne Wilcox, the National Labor Relations Board chair by President Donald Trump, with a scathing ruling that said “an American president is not a king.”
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Peggy G. Carr serves as the Associate Commissioner for Assessment at the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), part of the Institute of Education Sciences under the U.S....
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Attorney General Andrea Campbell has joined a coalition of more than 20 state attorneys general in an effort to prevent the Trump administration from shutting down the Consumer...
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A landmark 1842 U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned the kidnapping conviction of a white man who forced a Black family into slavery beyond the Mason-Dixon line remains...
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A federal judge in California has ruled that the Office of Personnel Management must rescind memos directing agencies to carry out mass terminations of probationary employees, stating that...
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